Cyclone Vardah made landfall close to Chennai as a severe cyclonic storm bringing heavy to extremely heavy rains along with squally winds over the city. Both Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh were on high alert due to the cyclone.
Residents were advised to stay indoors and follow the instructions given by officials. In wake of torrential rains, rail and air traffic were severely affected.
Now Vardah has weakened into a depression and is likely to lose more strength. With this, rains will reduce over Chennai, however light rains will continue.
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The system is currently over North Interior Tamil Nadu and will continue to move in west-southwest direction towards South Karnataka.
Here are 10 images that depict the horror of Cyclone Vardah over the city of Chennai:
#Cyclone #Vardahcyclone
Chennai..आ गया .. pic.twitter.com/ufUKCWAs5S— abhishek dwivedi (@dwivedi344) December 12, 2016
40 year old neem tree falls down. #Cyclone #Vardah #Chennai pic.twitter.com/eSYCNRKtag
— Vinoth Kumar (@Vinothhcj) December 12, 2016
Chennai vasarpadi neruji Kamaraj nagar pic.twitter.com/YzhoOiPyWl
— PRAKASH PRAJAPATAHI (@prajapatahi) December 12, 2016
@ChennaiRains @SkymetWeather - Thats Hyatt for you! The so called 5 star! pic.twitter.com/L060tUvaWB
— lalit (@lalitinvestor) December 12, 2016
Scenes now.. #vardah #chennai pic.twitter.com/GTHByoOMMB
— DAILY ONION (@dailyonion) December 12, 2016
Heavy cyclone in Chennai pic.twitter.com/mDEySmCaPU
— M.Tejesh (@MTejesh6) December 12, 2016
Strength to those living in #Chennai #StaySafeChennai #cyclonevardah pic.twitter.com/mj81JWPKUP
— Anuja Chandramouli (@anujamouli) December 12, 2016
#Cyclone #Vardah: First arm hits coast near #Chennai with wind speed of 110-120 kmph, #landfall to take another hour: #IMD #cyclonevardah pic.twitter.com/zXHQYa59Yt
— sudhakar (@naidusudhakar) December 12, 2016
Total savage here in Chennai #vardah Stay safe people pic.twitter.com/DLabAtd6GP
— Manoj S Nagendra (@manojshesh24) December 12, 2016
Chennai city @JAnbazhagan pic.twitter.com/xCAlkJ0Cuj
— G.ARUN kUMAR (@GARUNkU88340113) December 12, 2016